pdftops(1)         UNIX System V (23 May 1996)         pdftops(1)



     NAME
          pdftops - Portable Document Format (PDF) to PostScript
          converter (version 0.5)

     SYNOPSIS
          pdftops [options] [PDF-file [PS-file]]

     DESCRIPTION
          Pdftops converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to
          PostScript so they can be printed.

          Pdftops reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes a
          PostScript file, PS-file.  If PS-file is not specified,
          pdftops converts file.pdf to file.ps.

          The generated PostScript is Level 2.  This means it will not
          work on old printers which only support Level 1 PostScript.

     OPTIONS
          -fnumber
               Specifies the first page to print.

          -lnumber
               Specifies the last page to print.

          -h   Print usage information.  (-help is equivalent.)

     BUGS
          This is a beta release of pdftops, and there are still a
          bunch of PDF features which I have yet to implement.

          At this point, the biggest problem is that embedded fonts
          are not handled properly.

     AUTHOR
          The pdftops software and documentation are copyright 1996
          Derek B. Noonburg (derekn@ece.cmu.edu).

     SEE ALSO
          xpdf(1)
          http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/usr/dn0o/xpdf/xpdf.html














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